What is Somatic Psychotherapy?

Somatic or Body-Centered Psychotherapy makes room for you and the body you live in to be known and understood fully. Sessions include not only talking, but movement (both small and big), yoga postures and breathing techniques that support your innate healing intelligence. This kind of conscious attunement through moment-to-moment experience supports you to repair of old wounds and repeated patterns of difficulty and painso that you can live more freely as your whole self. Sometimes sessions involve plenty of talking. Sometimes sessions involve more movement. Many people report more concrete and profound changes in their nervous systems and relationships than with talk therapy alone. Think of it as a space to put your whole self into the process of therapeutic work in an experiential way, rather than simply and always talking about the experience.

Approach:

If you are struggling with anxiety, depression, overwhelm, PTSD I can support you to soften and find resilience. If you are navigating big life transitions like divorce, marriage, children, moving, new career or big spiritual emergence I can help in midwifing your path.

I work in a trauma-informed, relational, and soul-centered way. This means I bring a deep understanding of how trauma of all kinds can impact one’s nervous system, self-concept, relationships and vision of the world. It also means I am devoted to cultivating safety and presence with you, so that the work we do together is rooted in the lived experience of connection and support. It also means, I believe that people have unique destinies in life, burdens to navigate, and resilience to be found. Our work is rooted in the knowing that you really can find your way through—with a witness.

Clients often find me spacious yet direct, clear and loving. I am often a bit dry in humor and creative in finding ways to support you in moving whats blocking you, and feeling into whats painful and needs care.

We work with and through your body, supporting the deeper layers of your well and wise consciousness to come to the surface. We welcome sensory awareness and tracking, movements and resourcing of your nervous system to support both large and subtle psychological and emotional shifts. Elements of yoga postural practice, breathing practices, dance, creative arts, meditation and philosophy are brought into sessions.

Who is this work for?

Somatic work is for anyone with a body willing to dive in to themselves! Specifically, I support women, couples, and queer identifying folks who are encountering the challenges of all kinds of trauma including PTSD and C-PTSD, as well as anxiety, chronic pain, grief/loss, big life transitions, eating disorders, pre and post natal stages, miscarriage, abortion, sexual abuse, divorce, queer identity, relational and early developmental trauma as well as spiritual emergence.

Investment:

Individual Sessions are 60 minutes. Couples sessions are 75-90 minutes. Financial exchange is $180/hour. Please ask for sliding scale options which I often have available.

Sessions are available via Zoom and in the local Boulder office.

* Please note, I do not offer free consultations. During our initial session we will establish the right fit for your needs and I will happily provide ample resources/referrals if working together is not the right fit. *

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